Hi all,
I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction with creating a database of products (ie a product catelogue) that could be formatted for easy implementation to a web site. I plan on outsourcing the actual website design using elance but I need to create a database of products to start.
Right now, I have everything in separate word files for each product (don't ask why) and I want the database organized into subsections a la subcategories such as growing media -> peat moss -> ProMix -> ProMix X2, with brief descriptions for each separate category as well as individual product descriptions. Our products vary widely with some having simple bullet points for applications to others having a list of varied dimensions and pictures.
Is there an easy to use/learn software package I could use to enter all of this data in or am I better off making one big excel file and then outsourcing the actual database creation part.(If so, how would I implement pictures into excel?)
I want to keep costs as low as possible with the site being easy to update / add products. Any help or ideas on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated.